I love you both. I love waking up in bed with you two.”“I was going to tell you much the same thing. I was so enjoying watching your sleeping face... but I also love seeing those gorgeous blue eyes of yours so happy.”“Thanks. I love seeing your ice-blue eyes and Rhee’s burnished-walnut eyes when I wake, because it means that I’m happy, I’m with my heart’s family.“I’m sorry about last night’s bit of downerdom.” When I tried to interrupt her, she said, “No. let me get this out. I don’t know from. ”He kissed me on the head and ran his hand down my back and patted my bare bottom. That doesn’t usually give me a chill, but this time it did. Having Saanvi there was making me more aware of my body, especially my nipples, which stayed erect after my gooseflesh went down.“Saanvi, always nice to see you,” Dad said. “Make sure she behaves.”And he dragged his case out the door.I went to shut it, but paused behind the screen and let the sun warm me all down my front.“Hey! Somebody’ll see you!”. Hmm. All the work we do makes us quite hungry. Nine eggs a day is barely enough for breakfast for four of us. My original plan of ten chickens was based on one person in mind — just me - with an occasional harvest of a chicken for the stew pot. We need more food than that now. Except for the one stork I surprised, I have not been able to shoot any large birds since I got here. I don't think turkeys exist here. Geese are too high up for an arrow. Duck, well, I don't even like duck.An occasional. "I thought you'd be asleep, Mare," I said when I found her reading a book; one of the Twilight novels. I never understood how she could read that insipid trash over and over."I couldn't sleep after returning from Honolulu," Mary sighed. "While I was meeting with Alice and her husband, the bodyguards found ten of these ... agitators. A Nun has definitely gotten her hands on them."I crawled into bed with Mary. I still had mixed feelings about Alice, even if it wasn't entirely her fault for.